Cable-terminal pole.



E. 0. SCHWEITZER.

CABLE TERMINAL POLE APPLIcATloN FILED SEPT. 2|, 1914.

1,254,938, rammed Jan. 29,1918.

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E. 0. SCHWEITZER.

SABLE TERMINAL PoLE.

N FILED SEPT. 2l. 1914.

APP 1 ,254,938, Patented Jan. 29, 191.8.

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CABLE-TERMINAL POLE.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Jan. 29,1918.

Application led September 21, 1914. Serial No. 862,640.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, EDMUND O. SCHWEIT- ZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cable-Terminal Poles, of which the followingV is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to pol-es for terminating electrical cables or the like.

Prominent objects of the invention are to provide a simple and practical construction of cable terminal pole; to arrange for the termination and distribution of the cable conductors; to provide for the proper leading out and connection with the same; to arrange for the adequate and effective protection of the circuits of said cable'conductors; and to secure the foregoing and other desirable results in a practical, eilicient and economical manner.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of the top of a cable terminal pole embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fi 3 is a longitudinal section of a modified orm of a part of the device; and

Fig. 4 is an end view ofthe same.

In the drawings, and especially in Figs. 1 and 2, I show the top of a cable terminal pole wherein is illustrated the upper endl of a steel or other metallic tubular or hollow cylindric pole. At the top of this pole is an end member '2 conveniently in the form of a bushing of suitable material, such for example as impregnated wood. This member 2 has its lower end adapted to fit into the upper end portion of the pole 1 and its up er end 3 is somewhat larger so as to be a llttle more than flush with the outer surface of said pole 1, said enlarged or upper gortion being screw threadedas shown at 4.

crews 5 are shown passin through the end ortion of the pole 1 to ho d said member 2 1n position. A pothead member or bell 6 is fitted at the upper, end of the pole, being conveniently held in place by having a screw threaded socket adapted to tit upon the screw threaded end 3 of the member 2. This bell or pothead member 6 may be of any suitable material, preferably porcelain or the like. It is desirably made with more or less downwardly and outwardly Haring sides as shown in Fig. 1, and is made with a tubular bore 7 which extends up to its top forming an open end or mouth which is normally closed by a lid or cover 8. The latter is desirably provided with a threaded projection or portion 9 adapted to lit into the correspondingly threaded upper end 10 of said member 6.

Terminal outlet or entrance bushings 11 are carried by the pothead member 6, said bushin s 11 being preferably made separate from t e member 6 and fitted into apertures or openings in the sides of the same as shown in Fig. 1'. As shown in said figure said bushings are conveniently made tubular in form with Haring ends 12. A ring-like member 15 is secured to the upper end of the portion 3 of the member 2, said member 15being preferably made of lead or other suitable metal and having a flange 16 which fits against the end surface of the member 2 and also having a cylindrical or tubular f' preferably terminated at the sleeve portion 17. Another ring-like member 23 is also lprovided, the same being fitted into the lower portion of the bore or chamber 24. formed in the upper portion 3 of the member 2, said member 23 having conical sides adapted to fit the Haring sides 25 formed on said member 2. A sleeve 26 is fitted around thecable sheath and also litted within the ring member 23, said sleeve 26 and member 23 being correspondingly tapered so as to permit the member 26 to fit rmly within the member 23. In this way the upper end portion of the cable sheath is held firmly and satisfactorily in position by a fitting which can be readily made and put together. It will be understood, of course, that other devices can be used for holding the upper end Y portion of the cable in position.

Within the bushings 11 rods 28 are located, said rods being preferably of copper or other suitable material which are suiicientlylong to project at both ends of the bushings 11, whereby the lnner ends form terminals 29 which are connected with the cable conductors 21 and also whereby the shown as extending downwardly and fitted into clips or sockets 34 carried by terminal brackets 35. The latter are mounted upon the upper ends of insulating supports 36. the brackets 35 having split ring members 37 adapted toencircle and engage the upper portions of said insulators 36. The insulators 36 are conveniently mounted upon arms 38 carried by and preferably made integral with a sleeve 39 which is fitted about the tubular pole 1. A bolt 40 is shown as one form of terminal whichv may be employed in connection with the terminal bracket 35 to 4 permit connection of a line or other conductor, whereby connection may be made with the cable conductors through the devices described.

As a matter of further improvement I show a heating coil 41 located within the bore 7 of the bell or pothead member 6. This may be any suitable or preferred type of heating coil and is so designed and constructed as to be capable of softening the compound or other insulating material which I preferably place within the pothead member 6. This heating coil 41 has terminals 42 extending well up to the top of the pothead member 6 whereby connection may be made from the outside with said heating coil by removing the cover 8. This permits the heating coil to be energized and the cornpound within the othead to be softened whenever desired. ome other suitable form of heating device may of course be used instead of this heating coil.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I show a modified form of outlet-bushing 11a. This bushing itself is very similar to the bushing 11 of the previously described'device, but has a somewhat larger internallbore 45 for the better portion of its length. .The metal rod 29a does not extend the full length of the bushing as in the other device, but extends only part of the length and terminates in a metal shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is used it will not be' necessary to employ the bracket arms 38 and insulator 36, the protecting device or fuse- 32 being arranged within the bushing itself instead of being outside of the same and separately supported as in Fig. Y

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without depart-` ing from the spirit of the invention.

'What I claim is: V

1. The combination of a tubular post, a pothead'mounted at the upper end thereof,

a cable extending up in the interior of the post and having its conductors spread within the interior of the pothead, insulating compound inside of the potheadscaling tho cable conductors therein, connections eX- tending through the walls of the pothead and connected with the ends of the cable conductors therein, protective devices located outside of the pothead and connected with the outer ends of said connecting devices, and cross arms mounted on the post below the pothead, said protective devices being supported by said cross arms.

2. The combination of a tubular member, a pothead located at the end of said member, and a plug device forming a mounting for said pothead upon said pole, said plug device being tubular and having one end portion arranged inside of vand lining the end of the pole at which said pothead is located, and `having its other end projecting beyond the end of said pole and fitted within the adjacent end -portion of said pothead, said tubular plug device havingan interior bore sufficiently large to accommodate a cable.

3. The combination of a tubular member. a plug device having one end portion fitted within said tubular memberand a pothead device mounted upon the other end portion of said plug device, and securing means passing through said tubular member and engaging said plug device for holding the saure in position.

4. The combination of a tubular post, a pothead member mounted upon said post and having an interior chamber, and a heating 'device arranged within said chamber.

5. The combination of a tubular post, a pothead member mounted upon said post and having an interior chamber, and an electrical heating device arranged within said chamber.

6. The combination of a tubular post, a

pothead member mounted upon said post and having an interior chamber, and an electrical heating device arranged Within said chamber, said heating device having terminals extended to an open end ofsaid chamber and a lid or cover opening and closing said open end of said chamber.

7. The combination of a pothead member having an interior chamber which contains an electrical heating device for heating insulating material.

8 The combination of a pothead member having an interior chamber to receive ends of cable conductors, outlet bushings for connection with said conductors, said outlet bushings beingat the side of said pothead member and the interior chamber of said member extending upwardly to the top thereof and opening at the top, a lid or cover for closing the open endof said chamupper end of a cable sheath.

10. The combination of a tubular post, a plug member fitted into the upper end portion of said post, a pothead mounted upon the upper end of said plug member, a sleeve 26 adapted to surround an upper end portion of a cable sheath, and a collar 25 adapted to surround said sleeve 26 and having its outer side tapering, the inner surface of said collar and the outer surface of said sleeve being correspondingly tapered, and the in-` ner surface of said plug member being'tapered to correspond with the outward taper on said collar 25. f

11. The combination of a tubular post, a pothead mounted thereon and having outlets, and protective devices mounted on said post and connected with conducting members extending through said outlets, said lpost being provided with arms carrying inof said mounting device for closing the tubular bore thereof around a cable located therein, and supplemental closing means located in the tubular bore of said mounting device below said first mentioned closing means.

15. The combination of a tubular post, a

tubular member at the upper end of said post, a pothead at the upper end of said tubular member, means located within the pothead and extending across the upper end of the tubular member for closing the bore thereof around a cable locatedin said tubular member, and supplemental means closing the vtubular bore of said tubular member around said cable below said aforesaid closing means, said firstmentioned closing means comprising a metal bracket mounted upon the upper end of said mounting member and closing the same except for a central opening to accommodate the cable and said supplemental closing means comprising an annular member surrounding'the cable and extending to the surface forming the bore of said mounting member,

.16. iii pothead having an interior chamber provided with insulating material and a heating device consisting of a coil of wire arranged within said insulating material and having ends extending outside of said material for exterior connection with said heating coil.

17. A pothead having an interior chamber provided with insulating material and a heating device consisting of a coil of wire arranged within said insulatin material and having ends extending outslde of said`- material for exterior connection with said heating coil, the upper end of said pothead being open and being rovided with a removable cover and sai exposed conductor ends being located at said open end.

18. The combination of a tubular post, a pothead mounted thereon and provided with outlets, a cable extended up within the post and having its conductors spread Within the pothead, connections extendin through the outlets and connected within t e pothead to the ends of the cable conductors, protective devices connected with the outer ends of said connections, and means carried by the post for supportlng said protectlve devices, said mea-ns comprising cross arms on the post and insulators mounted on said cross arms and provided with means for the attachment of the protective devices.

19. The combination of a tubular post, a

pothead mounted thereon and provided with tors, fuse devices connected with the outer ends of said connections and extending ldownwardly therefrom, and means on said post for supporting and insulating the lower ends of said fuses.v

20. The combination of a post, a pothead mounted thereon, a cable having its conductors spread within the interior of the pothead, and provided with conductive extensions extendin out through the walls thereof, protective evices connected to the outer ends of said conductive extensions, and means on the post for supporting said protective devices.

21. The combination of a tubular post, a tubular supporting member at the upper end of said post, a pothead mounted on the upper end of said tubular supporting member, a cable eXtendin up within the interior of said post and aving its conductor spread within said pothead, means for closing the upperend of said tubular supporting member, and cablel holdin means located within said supporting mem er below said closing, means.

22. The combination of a tubular post, a tubular supporting member at the upper end of said post, a pothead mounted on the upper end of said tubular supporting member, a cable extending up within the interior of said post and having its conductor spread within said pothead, means for closing the upper end of said tubular supporting member, cable holding means located Within said supporting member below said closing means, and insulating compound inside of the pothead sealing the cable conductors and said closing means. i p

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 50 my name this 18th day of September, A. D., t

EDMUND O. SCHWEITZER. Witnesses: A. LYDA JONES,

Hazan ANN JONES. 

